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College football players call for a union – and a seat at the NCAA tableCollege athletes, putting in a 40-hour work week with no pay, say they're not amateurs. With coaches and commissioners making millions, they want a College Athletes Players Association.
Vergara v. California: Do state laws protect teacher jobs over students?The case of Vergara v. California takes up whether five state laws make it too hard to fire poor teachers. Students say their education is suffering. Teachers unions say the need is more resources.
Do tablets teach? Parents see mobile devices as underachievers, study finds.A survey of parents of 2- to 10-year-olds found that 65 percent of children use mobile devices, but the amount of time using educational apps is low and decreases with age.
The great college aid game: Ways students can avoid full sticker priceFor five New Rochelle High School seniors who have applied to colleges, January has been spent facing a new pile of forms – for financial aid. Most students never pay full tuition, but it takes savvy help to make that happen.
Obamas host summit to help low-income students go to collegePresident Obama and the first lady brought together leaders in higher education to push programs that could help lower-income students succeed in college.
School discipline: New US guidelines shift away from zero-tolerance policiesThe school discipline guidelines are a response to a growing body of statistics showing both the costs of harsh disciplinary policies and the frequent inequities in how they’re applied.
- Big city schools making progress but still have far to go, report says
A NAEP study of academic achievement in big cities showed only modest gains compared with 2011, but the picture has improved significantly during the past decade.
School changes 6-year-old's offense from 'sexual harassment' to 'misconduct'The Colorado school removed 'sexual harassment' from the 6-year-old boy's record, resolving the issue for his mother, she said. But the incident invited more criticism of schools' zero-tolerance policies.
Experts question school's decision to suspend 6-year-old for kissA Colorado school followed its zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy in suspending a 6-year-old boy for kissing a girl on the hand. Such policies can be problematic, experts say.
The great college aid game: Five seniors juggle desire and realityAs this school year's great college aid game gets started, the Monitor and The Hechinger Report follow five New Rochelle High School seniors in their quest through the labyrinth of college admissions and financial aid.
- Do you have a clue about teenage behavior? Take our quiz!
Every two years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts a nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey of ninth- to 12th-graders. The questions in the quiz are based on the most recent data available, from 2013.
Student debt report: More graduates have it ... and have more of itAmong 2012 graduates of four-year colleges in the US, 71 percent finished school in debt, up from 68 percent in 2008, according to the report. The average estimated student debt: $29,400.
PISA test shows 'stagnation.' Is US education reform failing?In the 2012 PISA test comparing educational performance worldwide, US teenagers were stuck at average in reading and science, and below average in mathematics. Other countries improved.
Hate-crime allegations: four white students at San Jose State chargedThe harassment of an African-American student at San Jose State ranged from displaying a Confederate flag to putting a bicycle lock around his neck, police say. According to one expert, such details are disturbing but part of a pattern on college campuses.
Plan to revamp preschools hits Congress, but price tag is bigLegislation introduced Wednesday would help states expand high-quality preschool options to 4-year-olds in low- and middle-income families. President Obama’s State of the Union address in February laid out a vision for early education.
US 'report card' for 2013: Student achievement creeps upwardAmerica's students made incremental improvements in math and reading since 2011, according to the national 'report card' for 2013. But the pace of gains has slowed, critics note, and a sizable – and stubborn – gap persists between achievement of white and nonwhite students.
Colorado bill vows education overhaul, but will voters raise taxes to fund it?Colorado votes Tuesday on a ballot initiative to raise $1 billion to revolutionize education in the state. Outside backers have poured funding into the campaign, but raising taxes is a hard sell.
Two teachers killed this week: How safe are US schools?The killing of a popular high school teacher in Danvers, Mass., just one day after a teacher was killed in Nevada drives home educators' vulnerability. But schools are still regarded as safe, experts say.
College costs rising more slowly, but aid still not keeping up, reports sayThe College Board's dual annual reports on trends in college costs and financial aid find that the net price of a college education is still rising, despite the attention being paid to affordability.
Los Angeles schools' plan for non-English speakers: Segregation or solution?Los Angeles schools are moving forward with a plan to separate English language learner students from native speakers in all core elementary school classes. Protests have erupted.
